Category Archives: Lakes Area Local News
'Give To The Max Day' Raises $34 Million For Minnesota Charities and Non-Profits
(KDLM/MNN) - "Give to the Max" Day 2022 was another success for non-profits and schools around the state. Thursday's 24-hour online campaign raised over 34 million dollars($34,067,008), just shy of th...
Nov 18, 2022
Lakes Area Organizations Asking for Support During 'Give to the Max' Day
(KNSI/KDLM) - Thursday marks the annual Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. Give MN Executive Director Jake Blumberg says the 24 hour marathon event is a massive boost to nonprofits across the state. "G...
Nov 17, 2022
Thief River Falls man seriously injured in rollover crash north of Mahnomen
ERSKINE, Minn (KFGO) - A Thief River Falls man suffered life-threatening injuries in a rollover crash on an icy highway near Erskine in northwestern Minnesota Wednesday morning. The State Patrol said ...
Nov 16, 2022
DNR Investigating CWD Case in Wild Deer Harvested South Of Bemidji
(KDLM/MNN) - The Minnesota DNR continues to investigate the first case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer in the Bemidji area. Wildlife health supervisor Michelle Carstensen says there was a po...
Nov 16, 2022
City of Detroit Lakes Reopens West Lake Drive
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - The city of Detroit Lakes reopened West Lake Drive, Tuesday. That stretch of West Lake Drive has been closed for nearly the entire summer as crews have been working on narrowing...
Nov 16, 2022 A graphic rendition of a completed West Lake Drive project in Detroit Lakes, which features a new multi-use path on the lakeside.
DNR Posts Deer Hunting Numbers as Firearms Season Closes in Much of Minnesota
(KNSI) - The Department of Natural Resources says the central and southern Minnesota firearms hunting season was a success. According to the DNR, hunters shot 137,122 deer from November 5th to the 15t...
Nov 16, 2022
Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer Named House Majority Whip
(KNSI) - Minnesota's Sixth District Republican Congressman Tom Emmer has been elected to serve in one of his party's top positions. Emmer, who represents St. Cloud and the surrounding area in Washingt...
Nov 16, 2022
'Wheels Fall Off' Train Car Traveling Through Detroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) - BNSF workers continued to work on a rail line in Detroit Lakes along Highway 10 after a train car malfunction late Monday afternoon. An axle on one of the BNSF cars malfunctione...
Nov 15, 2022 Crews work on a section of railroad line in Detroit lakes, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022
Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services Announce Intent to Merge
SIOUX FALLS (KDLM) - Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States which operates several clinics throughout the Lakes Area, and Fairview Health Services, one of the leading pro...
Nov 15, 2022
Sheriff Investigating Cabin Shot more than 10 Times
WADENA COUNTY (KDLM) - The Wadena County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of a cabin being shot at more than ten times. On Monday, November 14 the Sheriff's Office responded to a residence i...
Nov 15, 2022